- Senior
- Ufficio in Lawrenceville
Responsibilities
- Own overall strategy for specific product category(s), including supplier relationships, supplier performance management (QBR), supplier sourcing strategies, and new product introductions.
- Develop and deliver long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision-making process of the category roadmap with leadership.
- Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance.
- Lead supplier performance management business reviews to highlight best practices and opportunities, including improving sustainability & social responsibility.
- Manage end-to-end RFI/RFQ/RFP process in partnership with key stakeholders to increase operational efficiencies, identify and partner with the best suppliers, and maximize value creation for the company.
- Drive end-to-end contract negotiations to achieve favorable contract terms and agreements to eliminate or minimize risk exposure and enforce supplier accountability.
- Analyzing contract documents to determine contractual obligations, preparing recommendations regarding acceptance or modifications.
- Ability to analyze data, draw reasonable conclusions, make recommendations and to communicate analysis to all levels of the organization.
- Develop reporting frameworks and tools to effectively communicate sourcing status, supplier performance, value creation (i.e., savings), to applicable cross-functional stakeholders.
- Understand and follow relevant market trends impactful to business. Identify product expansion and new product introduction opportunities.
- Coordinate and collaborate with local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of supply chain sourcing experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Significant experience in conducting supplier RFI, RFP, supplier selection, and supplier performance management.
- Ability to plan and lead negotiations with input from multiple internal stakeholders
